Famous Quotes | And now, dear little children,...
And now, dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed;
Unto an evil counselor close heart, and ear, and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly.
- Mary Howitt
Attribution: Mary Howitt (1799–1888), poet. The Spider and the Fly (l. 41–44). . . Oxford Book of Children’s Verse, The. Iona Opie and Peter Opie, eds. (1973) Oxford University Press.
Categories: Children, Flattery, Lessons
